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ST and Net10 must have some kind of funky deprioritizing arrangement or something. I had nothing but timeouts on Net10, and that seems to be the case on ST from what y'all post.
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SB35 posted:It sounds like you might be having an issue with ping time. I saw that problem in the past. It would take multiple presses of the button for the command to "go through" and finally happen. It eventually went away but was annoying enough for a couple months. Cricket looks like it has amazing pricing. Its CDMA though so im paying up the rear end for unlocked phones arent i? ive heard the straight talk store iphone 5 (i have an unlocked AT&T one) can work on CDMA weirdly. coolskillrex remix fucked around with this message at 02:16 on May 19, 2014 |
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May 19, 2014 02:11
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coolskillrex remix posted:Cricket looks like it has amazing pricing. Its CDMA though so im paying up the rear end for unlocked phones arent i? ive heard the straight talk store iphone 5 (i have an unlocked AT&T one) can work on CDMA weirdly. The "new" cricket is GSM running on AT&Ts network. They are going to shutdown the CDMA network eventually. You can bring any unlocked or AT&T locked phone to Cricket.
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May 19, 2014 02:28
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coolskillrex remix posted:Cricket looks like it has amazing pricing. Its CDMA though so im paying up the rear end for unlocked phones arent i? ive heard the straight talk store iphone 5 (i have an unlocked AT&T one) can work on CDMA weirdly. Sorry, that's why I said
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May 19, 2014 02:52
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Oops, i see that now on the website. So it doesnt suffer the same problems as straight talk despite being an AT&T MVNO? i will give it a shot i suppose
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May 19, 2014 03:38
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coolskillrex remix posted:Oops, i see that now on the website. So it doesnt suffer the same problems as straight talk despite being an AT&T MVNO? i will give it a shot i suppose
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May 19, 2014 04:06
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coolskillrex remix posted:Oops, i see that now on the website. So it doesnt suffer the same problems as straight talk despite being an AT&T MVNO? i will give it a shot i suppose On paper yes they're throttled but it isn't some weird kind of QoS fuckery where you have to try a half dozen times to load a page. Loads first try every try, just at 4mb/8mb instead of like 12 or whatever.
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May 19, 2014 04:40
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AIO/Cricket is good. Switch to them and support them. They are up front with what they allow and the consequences. The speed is great and when throttled it's passable but with high ping times. I'm concerned about sustainability because it's such a good deal and doesn't have any fuckery going on like ST/net10.
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May 19, 2014 12:00
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Just visited a Cricket store and asked about that $50 yearly credit. Looks like it's a rebate or something and it does not stack. They changed the stores seemingly overnight too since the new logo was everywhere (except on the outside) and all of the employees were knowledgeable and had new shirts on too. AT&T might be the boost Cricket Wireless needed and Cricket might be the boost that AIO Wireless needed. Also, I've finally come full circle as I started with Cricket back in the late 90s/early 2000s and now I'm right back to them. 
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May 20, 2014 00:14
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TraderStav posted:I'm concerned about sustainability because it's such a good deal and doesn't have any fuckery going on like ST/net10. AT&T is basically printing money with the rates they charge for postpaid service. I'm sure Cricket/AIO will be plenty profitable.
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May 20, 2014 00:40
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ThermoPhysical posted:Just visited a Cricket store and asked about that $50 yearly credit. Looks like it's a rebate or something and it does not stack. They may have been confused by another promotion they're running--a $50 prepaid debit card by mail with the purchase of a smartphone. They spell out all the details on their website about the $50 device credit/12 months of on-time payments. It's only for the $50 or $60 plan. You can accumulate up to $150 max after 36 months ($100 after 24). It can only be used to buy a device through a Cricket store or website. It's not a bill credit. If you're late one month, your 12 month counter does not reset to 0. You just don't get your 1 of 12 months credit for that month. It's one credit per account, even if you have multiple lines. It will stack with the Group Save multi-line discount or the $5 AutoPay discount. They also have a $25 referral program that seems to have carried over from the old Cricket. $25 bill credit after 60 days for both the referrer and the new customer. https://www.cricketwireless.com/referrals.html
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May 20, 2014 03:19
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goku chewbacca posted:They also have a $25 referral program that seems to have carried over from the old Cricket. $25 bill credit after 60 days for both the referrer and the new customer. Don't know if this was Cricket or not, as AIO was doing referrals the same way. It's a good deal. AIO/Cricket is getting a lot of attention lately, so it's been pretty easy to pick up a few referrals.
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My parents are switched over to Android phones on Aio now, their first smart phones. It's going way better than I expected, dad especially is comfortable adjusting settings, picking apps from the play store, moving shortcuts around and calling and email. I ran into a problem the other day however when I was showing him how to text images. We repeatedly got a message along the lines that "MMS could not be sent as your carrier does not allow it" but, of course, I have no problem sending images and I have the same carrier. Did I gently caress something up when I was entering the data settings? Any idea of what I should check before I bother with Aio support?
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May 20, 2014 21:13
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Sheep-Goats posted:My parents are switched over to Android phones on Aio now, their first smart phones. It's going way better than I expected, dad especially is comfortable adjusting settings, picking apps from the play store, moving shortcuts around and calling and email. I think it may also be a check box in the account settings - my girlfriend (she's on Ting but it may still apply) got a similar message when attempting to send MMS and it was that she needed to actually enable it in account settings. It isn't an extra charge.
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May 20, 2014 21:16
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Sheep-Goats posted:My parents are switched over to Android phones on Aio now, their first smart phones. It's going way better than I expected, dad especially is comfortable adjusting settings, picking apps from the play store, moving shortcuts around and calling and email. Make sure you have the MMS proxy and all your APN settings correct.
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FAUXTON posted:I think it may also be a check box in the account settings - my girlfriend (she's on Ting but it may still apply) got a similar message when attempting to send MMS and it was that she needed to actually enable it in account settings. It isn't an extra charge. Account settings on their site or somewhere on the phone? SB35 posted:Make sure you have the MMS proxy and all your APN settings correct. I thought this was the issue initially because I had entered the following info manually and MMS picture messages worked on one phone and not the other. I just rechecked the phone with the issue and it seems like everything is set up as follows, which I think is correct: code:raton fucked around with this message at 22:51 on May 20, 2014 |
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May 20, 2014 22:40
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Sheep-Goats posted:Account settings on their site or somewhere on the phone? On the site I'd imagine.
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May 21, 2014 04:41
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Sheep-Goats posted:My parents are switched over to Android phones on Aio now, their first smart phones. It's going way better than I expected, dad especially is comfortable adjusting settings, picking apps from the play store, moving shortcuts around and calling and email. Definitely check the above APN settings. I couldn't send MMS out of network till I did.
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May 21, 2014 04:47
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Sheep-Goats posted:Account settings on their site or somewhere on the phone? There isn't any MMS settings in the online account. This is phone related or sim related. If your APN settings are correct contact support.
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May 21, 2014 11:06
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Can anyone here confirm that an iPhone 4 will get 3G/4G speeds on AIO/Cricket? I have a 4s that works fine, but I'm trying to set up my wife's 4, and the website is telling me it'll only get 2G, which doesn't make any sense. They're unlocked AT&T phones. Also it looks like I got a $10 credit for autopay this month...coming to $50 for the most expensive plan, instead of the $55 I usually pay with autopay.
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Used to have no problems with StraightTalk until recently when the network has just been poo poo and I've only used about 380MB of data this month so I'm probably going to switch to cricket to save the $20/month. I know ST customer service is non-existent so can I get away with porting my number by only talking to cricket?
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May 22, 2014 15:20
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I've never ported out of ST but I doubt you personally will have to talk to ST customer service. I think they will still need to release your number once Cricket puts in the request though.
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Watommi posted:Can anyone here confirm that an iPhone 4 will get 3G/4G speeds on AIO/Cricket? I have a 4s that works fine, but I'm trying to set up my wife's 4, and the website is telling me it'll only get 2G, which doesn't make any sense. They're unlocked AT&T phones. If both your 4 and 4s are unlocked AT&T phones they should have 3G on AIO/Cricket with no issue. $10 credit? Are you doing the group save thing and getting $5 per line? I only got $5, I'm on the smart plan ($50, $45/autopay). cheese eats mouse posted:Used to have no problems with StraightTalk until recently when the network has just been poo poo and I've only used about 380MB of data this month so I'm probably going to switch to cricket to save the $20/month. I know ST customer service is non-existent so can I get away with porting my number by only talking to cricket? You might run into some issues. Click the little question mark under my name and look back for my post regarding porting from ST to AIO. You might be better off doing it in a round-about way like ST > Tmo > AIO. SB35 fucked around with this message at 16:34 on May 22, 2014 |
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Watommi posted:Can anyone here confirm that an iPhone 4 will get 3G/4G speeds on AIO/Cricket? I have a 4s that works fine, but I'm trying to set up my wife's 4, and the website is telling me it'll only get 2G, which doesn't make any sense. They're unlocked AT&T phones. The 4 doesn't have the hardware capability to get a '4G' signal (it doesn't have an HSPA+ antenna). You should at least be able to get a 3G signal though. I don't know why Cricket would limit it to 2G/Edge speeds.
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Watommi posted:Can anyone here confirm that an iPhone 4 will get 3G/4G speeds on AIO/Cricket? I have a 4s that works fine, but I'm trying to set up my wife's 4, and the website is telling me it'll only get 2G, which doesn't make any sense. They're unlocked AT&T phones. I got the same message when I was setting up both mine and my wife's iPhone 4 on AIO but I do actually get 3G speeds. ge.hale fucked around with this message at 21:34 on May 22, 2014 |
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SB35 posted:You might run into some issues. Click the little question mark under my name and look back for my post regarding porting from ST to AIO. You might be better off doing it in a round-about way like ST > Tmo > AIO. OK good to know. I have a bunch of job interviews lined up so I need my phone for any call backs. Going to have to wait until the end of next month. I now have no data service. Non-existant. I'm pretty pissed. I'm paying $50 a month for unlimited talk and text only right now.
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I'm looking to switch to AIO since my new ~social life~ keeps draining my old cheap 100 minute T-Mobile plan too quickly. Someone send me a referral link to zigmoose AT gmail so we can both save money please thank you
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Zigmoose posted:I'm looking to switch to AIO since my new ~social life~ keeps draining my old cheap 100 minute T-Mobile plan too quickly. Done, but it asked for your full name. I just put "Zig Moose" since I won't ask here.Also, give it 24 hours, it says, for it to validate my #, then it'll give you a Referral Code, then wait 24 hours for you then it should be good to go.
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Are Cricket data plans really throttled to 8mbit/s? I'm on straighttalk and can get more than that, but the ping is usually in the 100+ range.
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carb0nex posted:Are Cricket data plans really throttled to 8mbit/s? I'm on straighttalk and can get more than that, but the ping is usually in the 100+ range. Thats what it says somewhere in their terms of service. 8Mb/s on LTE, 4Mb/s on HSPA and when you hit your data cap it throttles you to somewhere around 256kb/s for the remainder of the month until your plan renews. Honestly its fine for streaming video and music and my ping always seems to be somewhere around 50-80. I used to be on StraightTalk as well and I prefer the Cricket method because at least I know when I'll be throttled as opposed to when ST would just do it indiscriminately because you're not supposed to be streaming much of anything on their service.
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Venkmanologist posted:Thats what it says somewhere in their terms of service. 8Mb/s on LTE, 4Mb/s on HSPA and when you hit your data cap it throttles you to somewhere around 256kb/s for the remainder of the month until your plan renews. Is it really limited to that speed when a Speedtest is performed? If actual speeds are more than that, I'll probably just end up switching.
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carb0nex posted:Is it really limited to that speed when a Speedtest is performed? If actual speeds are more than that, I'll probably just end up switching. Are you only concerned about dick measuring speed tests? I only get 6-8mb/s on LTE speed tests, but I don't do those often because my data just works and loads things quickly enough that I really don't care to check. Maybe it doesn't do HD YouTube great but I also only have a 5 inch screen, so how the gently caress would I even notice SD vs HD? Email, great. Maps, great. Awful app, great. Snapchat, great. Upload every single photo to Dropbox, great. SB35 fucked around with this message at 21:22 on May 24, 2014 |
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8mb is pretty fast for use with a smart phone unless you plan on running torrents. I don't even think Netflix's HD streams are that high of a bitrate. I've had AIO/Cricket for 3 months and it's really good and can stream the jazz radio app for me which is one of the most unreliable streaming apps.
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carb0nex posted:Is it really limited to that speed when a Speedtest is performed? If actual speeds are more than that, I'll probably just end up switching. I used to get 20+ on HSPA+ in speedtests on Net10 (so Straight talk). I only get 4 on Cricket, but web browsing feels much faster since I'm not waiting so long for data and there aren't random times where my data just wouldn't work.
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Geoj posted:From your my T-Mobile account main page go to view/edit autopay settings, then edit extra services > add extra funds (minimum $10.) This is old, but I finally figured it out. Turns out TMobile updated the autopay system and I was still enrolled into the old one. Deleted that, redid all my settings, and now I'm good. It's even better now. Before you paid on a certain date each month, but you only paid for 30 days, so the day your account renewed would slowly shift. Had to update the date every nine months or so to not be late.
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So does cricket currently not offer any sort of data only (tablet) service or am I blind?
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tonic posted:So does cricket currently not offer any sort of data only (tablet) service or am I blind? It looks like they removed it. When it was still Aio they definitely had one up there for ~$15/month.
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Hello thread! I just want to get a second opinion since the OP doesn't look to be up to date and I don't want to mess anything up with my phone. I have an iPhone 5c that I bought from verizon, and it turns out that I'm not actually under a contract so I'm removing myself from my family's family plan because it is disgustingly expensive. I was looking to use some prepaid plan with minimal minutes (I call very infrequently and the majority of those people also have iPhones) and some where around 2gb of data because I have a gross compulsion to look at google maps when I walk around which has only been increased by me moving to a new place. My issue is I would like to keep my number AND possibly have not terrible data (preferably 4g since LTE seems impossible. But really I can settle for 3G). Is this possible with AIO? Cricket? I'm not able to do any real research just yet as I am looking at all this from my phone (internet people haven't come by yet today...) so any help would be much appreciated! GenericGirlName fucked around with this message at 18:45 on Jun 3, 2014 |
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My wife has Straight Talk and is really unhappy with her Galaxy Centura. I was looking at getting her an S3 or S4 as a suprise, but can't seem to find while shopping online if either use Verizon network or not. She is really concerned about having good service in our rural area and the only carrier with it is Verizon. So simply, does either the S3 or S4 on Straight Talk use Verizon?
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I am finding myself in need of a second line for a home business. I have an old HTC Incredible for Verizon sitting in a drawer gathering dust. It'll be getting most calls forwarded from Google Voice, and sitting on my desk/in my shop at home, so it'll always have Wifi coverage. Does anyone have any experience with BYO Wireless? They seem rather similar to Ting, but use Verizon's phones and networks instead of Sprint. I can't see using more than a 200 minutes a month, and I don't really need data/text, since most of the use is through Google Voice and it'll most likely never leave my house. Looks like I'd be using their $15/month plan, which would be plenty for my needs at the moment. Most of my work is done via email/text, but sometimes people just want to talk on the phone. I've been using my personal cell with Google Voice for this, but I'm getting frustrated with the randomness of it. It seems like sometimes it doesn't ring through, doesn't notify me of texts, but more importantly when it does ring through, it's a crapshoot whether the caller gets my personal voicemail or my Voice voicemail. Being able to keep track and get transcriptions of voicemails easily is honestly the only reason I use Google Voice, hence why I'd like a separate line even for the Voice number.
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